Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-03-19

gineer, formerly Of.this city, but now OF
Helena. Montana, heard the electric Dell
in MS room ON the third floor and hearing
wells of "fire." took up his clothes and
ran. He fell over body at the foot oil the
stairs, but picked himself up and rusheu
for the balcony, where be was rescued py
the firemen. He had his vest in his hand.
Badly burned about feet and head; quite
serious.
Edward Wheeler reported at the Emer,
gency Hospital, is now named as Ed"aru
Whalen, a travelling salesman OF NeWhurg,
NY. He is in critical condition. he
was awakened by the electric bell IN his
room on the fourth floor and was tumbllng
for his watch to see what time it was
when be heard shrieks and yells OF people
in the halls. Opening his door he saw the
smoke and flames, whereupOn he started
for his window and jumped down to the
shed below. Besides sustaining internal
severe Injuries and fractures he Is terribly
burned about the face, hands and feet.
His legs and feet are burned almost to
the bone and some of his fingers are burned
off If his life can be saved, which ap'
pears doubtful, his legs and probably sew
eral fingers will have to be amputated.
He is suffering intense agony.
THRILLING STORIES TOLD IN THE HosPI-
TAILS -r-.. ..-........
C. w. Dubois, of Syracuse, also at the
Fitch Hospital, says he stumbled over the
prostrate forms of two men in his flight,
who he thinks were dead. Mr.. Dubois
reached the balcony on Main street IN his
bare feet and night clothes, and came down
to the street on q ladder. He is badly
burned, the skin of his legs and feet peellng
off. He suffers intensely.
Mr.. Moore, OfCleveland, is not seciously
burned. He escaped by way of the balcony.
Barry Davis, of Canal street, New York,
who is at the Emergency Hospital, says he
was in room lO1, third floor, Eagle street
side. He was awakened by the electric
bell ard got up to dress, thinking it was
call, rs he had left word to be called Mt SIX
o'clock. 1t was then 3:3Oby his watch. Then
he heard shrieks and cries OF 'hre," and
rushing to his door, saw the halls atire.
He grabbed his clothes and ran out. The
flames were roaring up the stairway and
the corridors were filled with smoke.
Wrapping his head in his overcoat he
tumbied down the stairs and fell in heap
on several bodies lying on the hoor, but
picking himself up made his way to the
balcony, from which he was rescued. His
burns are severe. He cannot say whether
the bodies he fell upon were insensible, or
whether they had stumbled like himself.
The injured man at the Fitch Hospital,
whose name was given as John Kahn, is
now said to be f. A. Kahn, OF li5 East
Fifteenth street, New York. He jumped
from the fourth floor TO the roof Of the
two-story frame building on Main street
adjoining the hotel. His right arm is trac-
tured and he sustained severe injuries TO his
spine. lie is also badly burned about the
face and hands,
HOW A NEW YORKER ESCAPED.
In room No. = at the Tiff. House, c. q.
Beggs, of New York, lies proped up on
pillows, his face rs black as coal, and his
head, face and hands bandaged. He told
the following graphic story Of his escape:
81 was ON the fourth floor in room close
to the elevator The first | heard was the
electric bell. jumped up, pulled on my
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leading into my friend Devine's room and
awoke him He sprang for the window
and went back into my room aud opened
the door leading to the hallway. A burst
of fierce flame drove Inc back into the
the room and burned me terribly, but had
presence of mind to shut the doors, and
going back into the room, shut the con
Meeting door between our rooms to keep
the smoke back. Then | broke the win
dow with my hand and got out on
the ledge beside Deyine We stood at the
corner of the building and along the Eagle
street side three or four rooms distant.
We saw a tire escape We could not
reach it, We then went back into the
room and found another door leading into
the short hallway. 1t was locked. We
dashed our shoulders against it desperate
ly, but it would not bulge. The fire was
getting hotter every moment and the
smoke dense and suflOcating Finally we
broke space through the upper panel
barely sufficient to crawl through. The
small hallway led to the fire escape, and
we made our way to the ground. Mr.. De-
vine was entirely unhurt"
Mr.. Beggs cut his right hand badly in
breaking the window, large piece of flesh
being gOuged out of the wrist 80 that the
pulse could be seen to beat. His remark
able presence of mind certainly saved his
life. He says he will go on TO New York
tonight